 Diana Ortiz, who was convicted of setting up a robbery, left prison after spending more than half her life there.
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Shuaib A. Raheem was granted release by the state parole board after serving 35 years for the killing of Officer Stephen Gilroy in 1973.
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The ruling forbids sentences of life without parole for juveniles who do not participate in homicides.
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 Joseph L. Bruno, the former New York State Senate majority leader and once one of the state’s most powerful politicians, denied committing a crime.
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A new policy thrusts Gov. David A. Paterson into the country’s immigration debate and could give new hope to legal immigrants facing deportation.
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Robert Morales is accused of attempted murder in the attack on Officer Samuel Salters at his Brooklyn office.
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A paroled murderer shot his parole officer in the shoulder while waiting for an appointment at a state office in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday evening, the authorities said.
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An overhaul of the prison system, involving the early release of 6,500 inmates, was estimated to save some $100 million this year.
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After 16 failed attempts, Thomas Hagan, the man who admitted to shooting Malcolm X as he lay bleeding, has been given his freedom by the state.
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Complaints and new arrests have prompted some states to reconsider giving prisoners time off for good behavior.
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Leeland Eisenberg, man who took hostages in 2007 at Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign office in Rochester, NH, cuts off electronic monitoring bracelet and is fugitive; Eisenberg was given 'last chance' at freedom by judge who released him despite probation violations
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Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett, sentenced to seven and half years for 2006 armed robbery, is again seeking early release from prison
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 Eddie Jones, who was to become the first prisoner to be freed under New York’s expanded compassionate-release law, died Monday in his hospice bed in a state prison.
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 It took jurors 37 minutes to convict Scott Roeder, an abortion opponent, of first-degree murder in the death of George R. Tiller.
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 The New York law was lauded for its humanitarian and financial benefits, but it has had minimal impact.
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